Ottensheim

Ottensheim is an Austrian commune with the statute of market (Marktgemeinde) located in the administrative district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the area of Muehlviertel in High-Austria.

With its historical downtown area, its various offers of the leisures, its many areas of relaxation and the proximity of Linz, the capital of High-Austria, Ottensheim became a very popular residential zone for the families.

Geography

Ottensheim is to 270 m above the sea level in the area of Haut-Muehlviertel on the the Danube. Opposite Ottensheim the convent of Cisterciens de Wilhering is. The highest point of Ottensheim is Duernberg with 549m.

Ottensheim is divided into five parts:

Duernberg
Hoeflein
Niederottensheim
Ottensheim
Weingarten

It is in the district of Ottensheim which the majority of the inhabitants saw.

The commune extends on a surface from 12 km, 3,9 km of north in the south and 5,8 km of the east in the west.

Ottensheim starts where the Rodl (an affluent of the Danube) is thrown in the Danube and extends on 2 km upstream on the southern bank the Danube. The powerplant of Ottensheim-Wilhering is, with as opposed to what its name could let think, entirely on the territory of Ottensheim. The closest communes are in Gramastetten north, the east Puchenau, the south Wilhering, the Goldwörth west and the Walding North-West.

History

The objects oldest found on the territory of Ottensheim are gone back to -4000. One found also tombs of the year -700. On a collar very close to the Danube there was approximately 2000 years a Rumanian watchtower. It is there that the Otini knight built a forteresse.
later The first mention of the name “Oteneshaim” in an official part goes back to 1148.
From 1227, the fortress of Ottensheim was in the possession of Babenberger.
In 1228, Ottensheim accepted from the Austrian duke Léopold VI Marktrecht, i.e. the right to be called Markt (village gone city), just as the right of toll and the customs duty. Until this date, only Linz and Enns had obtained the statute of market in High-Austria in 1210 and 1212. As from 1490, Ottensheim belonged to the principality “Östrreich ob der Enns”. With the Middle Ages, Ottensheim will have even a rampart with three doors Schmiedtor, Linzertor and Wassertor. In 1524, Niklas Rabenhaupt von Suche accepted Ottensheim like stronghold of king Ferdinand Ier and, in 1527, Rabenhaupt let transform the fortress into a château.
In its history, the commune was devastated twice by regiments gipsies with the Middle Ages, it was flooded a dozen time and it was devastated six times by the feu.
At the end of the Second world war the castle was used as housing for the refugees and, afterwards, it was occupied by the troops of Soviet occupation. Since 1955, the castle is private property.

Etymology

The name of Ottensheim is brought back to the old prefixes high-German “oten-” or “oto-” but also to the names of anybody like “Otuni” or “Otini”. All these prefixes come from a base form in old Germanic commun run: “AUDA”, which means “treasure”, “goods”, “richness”.

Places and monuments

the castle of Ottensheim
the church
the place of the market

Personalities

Sophie Kings, actress
Wolfgang Sigl, oarsman
Oellinger Ferry, actor (p.e: Soko Kitzbühel)

External bonds

the site of the commune of Ottensheim
the castle

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